Cisco Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller Libro blanco

Americas Headquarters:
Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA

White Paper: Mobile Access Indoor
Wireless Solution and Cisco WLANs

Published: September, 2010

Contents

Introduction, page 1

Solution Overview, page 2

Co-existence of Signaling on the CAT-5e/6 Cable, page 3

Co-existence of PoE on the CAT-5e/6 Cable, page 3

Testing to Identify Co-existence Issues, page 3

Additional Reference Material, page 4

Introduction

The purpose of the paper is to show that the Mobile Access access pod and the Cisco Aironet access
point can share the same Cisco WLAN infrastructure including the CAT-5e/6 cable run while each
solution maintains complete functional performance.

Mobile Access is a Cisco Developer Networks partner with Cisco Systems and the MobileAccessVE
solution is available through SolutionsPlus. The MobileAccessVE solution cost-effectively provides in
building cellular coverage over category 5/6 cables. The solution components primarily consist of the
Control Unit (VCU) which is a Head-End element that interfaces with the Service Provider's RF capacity
source and Access Pods (VAP) which provide indoor distributed RF cellular coverage. CAT-5e/6
Ethernet cable distributes analog signals from the VCU to the VAP and vice-versa. The VAP radiates the
service provider signals at the service providers licensed radio frequency. The MobileAccessVE Element
Management System (EMS) which is integrated with the VCU provides remote monitoring and
management.